What is pffilter.sys?

pffilter.sys is part of Protected Folder and developed by IObit Information Technology according to the pffilter.sys version information.

pffilter.sys's description is "Protected Folder filter driver"

pffilter.sys is digitally signed by IObit Information Technology.

pffilter.sys is usually located in the 'c:\program files (x86)\iobit\protected folder\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about pffilter.sys.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on pffilter.sys:

PropertyValue
Product nameProtected Folder
Company nameIObit Information Technology
File descriptionProtected Folder filter driver
Original filenamepffilter.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2005-2011
Legal trademarkIObit
Product version1.0.0.0
File version4.0.0.0

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameProtected Folder
Company nameIObit Information Technology
File descriptionProtected Folder filter driver
Original filenamepffilter.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2005-2011
Legal trademarkIObit
Product version1.0.0.0
File version4.0.0.0

Digital signatures [?]

pffilter.sys has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameIObit Information Technology
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA
Certificate serial number2b8f44226c2d9e0edf5765b0d7a21b51

VirusTotal report

None of the 46 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the pffilter.sys file.

None of the 46 anti-virus programs detected the pffilter.sys file.

Folder name variants

pffilter.sys may also be located in other folders than c:\program files (x86)\iobit\protected folder\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD54ddd6ecd65e4a4b3c3e0a0d9643b5dca
SHA256be291e09ee0545caaaf6dded6530edda9cdb3950e5bfa458ebbf68a485ab54cb

What will you do with pffilter.sys?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with pffilter.sys. 86% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 42 users.

User vote results: There were 36 votes to remove and 6 votes to keep

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Malware or legitimate?

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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